Bruder Liebherr 574 Conversion

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The next step in the process was figuring out how to make the articulated portion of the loader work. As easy as the photos make it seem I actually spent a lot of time trying to figure out what would give me full travel and yet be out of the way and not require to much hacking of the body/chassis.



Now came the tricky part, how to get power to the wheels. I am using Tamiya semi axles as they are a exact match width wise as the original axles. This was a serious multi step process with a lot of swearing and head scratching.

Step 1: Mask and cut clearances for axle, the point of no return!

Before



After



Step 2: Make brackets to hold the axles to the chassis



Step 3: Lock the diffs-a nifty little trick-insert a 4th bevel gear and viola she is locked



Step 4: Paint axles and brackets and assemble



Step 5: Mount axle to chassis